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ent on the same day. When possible to do so, it is an excellent plan 

 for two or three or more exhibitors to club together and take a tent 

 or a portable house, each bringing his share of bedding, provisions, 

 and utensils, and live a la picnic during the fair. Some of the happiest 

 hours of my life have been spent in going through just such experi- 

 ences with boon companions. 



I doubt very much if the exhibition of bees at fairs is any great 

 advantage to the pursuit. The most that can be said in its favor is 

 that they attract attention. There is certainly no necessity of ex- 



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hibiting full colonies unless it might be at some permanent exhibition 

 that is to last several months, when the bees can be allowed to fly, a la 

 house-apiary, provided the apiarian department is on the second floor. 

 A single-comb nucleus with a cjueen and a few drones and workers, 

 together with brood in different stages of development, can be made 

 to show more that is really interesting than can be shown with a full 

 colony. 



